Mandarin 2024

Mandarin 2024 is a natural wine crafted by Aristotelis Ke Anthoula (Australia), in the Riverland region in Australia. This orange wine is made with 100% Fiano grapes, a grape usually found in Italy and like many Italian grapes - has found a home in Australia

Mandarin´s grapes spent 6 months on skins, giving the wine a flavorful character and beautiful colour. 

Aristotelis Ke Anthoula´s tasting notes: Gentle grip and sunny citrus, like mandarins, apricots and orange blossom wrapped up in an easy flow. A textured orange wine for long tables, seafood feasts, and golden evenings. 

Mandarin from Aristotelis Ke Anthoula:

We use only the best-suited varieties to make Mandarin, also choosing to highlight a particular vineyard in a year that produces incredible balance of ripeness and freshness. Making an orange wine with such extended skin maceration requires very high quality fruit, this is why it changes each year. This balance is important - skins and seeds need to have a certain level of ripeness to avoid undesirable green and overly spicy notes, while acidity is needed to retain drinkability. 

Each year the process in the same - white grapes are hand destemmed and meticulously sorted removing any damaged berries and leaves. The berries are left in a combination of stainless tank and amphora for a lengthy 6 months, during which we don’t aggressively work the must, a low and slow maceration is the vibe. After this time they are gently basket pressed and the pressed juice rests in old French oak before being bottled the following vintage.